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Fruit Peeler

Object/Artifact

Table clamp apple peeler. Wooden side handle crank with four gears total, 1 horizontal. Largest gear has a heart design surrounded by six half circles and has an inscription that reads, "NEW SCOTT MG.CO. BALTIMORE"; horizontal gear has inscription, "GOLD MEDAL"; inscription on vertical arms of the frame reads, "PATENTED." Called "The Gold Medal".

2019.02.155

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Scott Manufacturing Company

circa 1856

Baltimore

Maryland

United States of America

North America

Inscription

frame and gears

Frame: PATENTED Horizontal Gear: GOLD MEDAL Heart Designed Gear: NEW SCOTT MG.CO. BALTIMORE

English

Fruit Peeler

Apple Peeler

7-1/2 in

6-1/2 in

4-1/2 in

Cast iron

Wood

2019.02.134, 2019.02.150, 2019.02.151, 2019.02.152, 2019.02.153, 2019.02.156, 2019.02.157, 2019.02.158, 2019.02.159, 2019.02.163, 2019.02.164, 2019.02.165, 2019.02.166, 2019.02.167, 2019.02.168, 2019.02.169, 2019.02.171, 2019.02.173, 2019.02.174, 2019.02.175, 2019.02.176, 2019.02.177, 2019.02.178, 2019.02.179, 2019.02.184, 2019.02.192, 2019.02.193, 2019.02.194

Thornton, Don. "Apple Parers". (Sunnyvale, CA: Off Beat Books, 1997). Pg 114.

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